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Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

The Five Legendary Emperors


 Fuxi
 Shennong
 Huangdi
 Yao
 Shun

Xia 2100 - 1600 BC

Shang 1600 - 1066 BC

Zhou 1066 - 256 BC


Western Zhou 1066 - 771 BC
Eastern Zhou 770 - 256 BC
 Chun Qiu (Spring - Autumn) 770 - 476 BC
 Zhan Guo (Warring States) 475 - 221 BC

 Qin 221 - 206 BC

 Han 206 BC - 220 AD


 West Han 206 BC - 8 AD
 Xin 9 - 25 AD
 East Han 25 - 220 AD

 San Guo (Three Kingdoms)


 Wei 220 - 265 AD
 Shu 221 - 263 AD
 Wu 222 - 280 AD

 West Jin 265 - 316 AD

 East Jin 317 - 420 AD

 Sixteen Kingdoms 304 - 439 AD

 South and North Dynasties


 South Dynasties

•  Song 420 - 479 AD


• Qi 479 - 502 AD
• ! Liang 502 - 557 AD
• " Chen 557 - 589 AD
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 North Dynasties

•  North Wei 386 - 534 AD


•  West Wei 535 - 557 AD
•  East Wei 534 - 550 AD
•  North Qi 550 - 577 AD
•  North Zhou 557 - 581 AD

# Sui 581 - 618 AD

$ Tang 618 - 907 AD

%& Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms


'! Later Liang 907 - 923 AD
'$ Later Tang 923 - 936 AD
' Later Jin 936 - 946 AD
' Later Han 947 - 950 AD
' Later Zhou 951 - 960 AD
 Ten Kingdoms 902 - 979 AD

 Song 960 - 1279 AD


 North Song 960 - 1127 AD
 South Song 1127 - 1279 AD

( Liao 916 - 1125 AD

West Xia 1032 - 1227 AD

) Jin (Gold) 1115 - 1234 AD

* Yuan 1271 - 1368 AD

+ Ming 1368 - 1644 AD

, Qing 1644 - 1911 AD

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